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Mere days after we questioned the identity of Winona Ryder's man, she appears to be engaged! The lucky dude is Blake Sennett, from the band Rilo Kiley. Ryder, neé Horowitz, was previously engaged to Johnny Depp. Mazel tov! Update: Ryder's rep tells Us Weekly that she is not engaged. [TMZ, US Weekly] More »
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Every few years someone pens a piece about how women in rock are finally mainstream, pointing to the "emergence" of female singer-songwriters as proof. This weekend, The Telegraph, in an article about the "New Girl Power" in rock, declared that the mainstream music industry "has rarely invested in girls with guitars: it has always preferred them dressed-up and dancing." I'd argue that the rock world has invested in girls with guitars since rock began: At the beginning there were Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, and more recently Sheryl Crow, Annie Lennox, Bjork, Chrissie Hynde, Bonnie Raitt — the list goes on. There have also been loads of successful acts with pretty ladies at the helm, including No Doubt, Garbage, and Blondie. The place where women are still scarce is as part of bands. Besides the Donnas and the GoGos, I can't think of one all-female band that reached the upper levels of the Billboard charts (I'm sure there are others). More »
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